About this title: Unchecked urbanization has begun to eclipse the North Carolina countryside. In the shadows, corrupt county commissioners use their political leverage to make profitable deals with new developers. A murder will pull Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant into the middle of this bitter dispute.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 08/2008
ISBN-13:9780446196109ISBN:044619610X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 262 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446196109ISBN:044619610X
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex) Library Copy. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. (W2.2) Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 262 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446196109ISBN:044619610X
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Description: Very good. Light wear to edges and pages. Cover and spine show no easily noticeable damage. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and may have creases. read more
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Description: Good in Good dust jacket; 2008. 9780446196109. Lightly used with mild signs of handling-initials written inside front cover. DJ improved with new, clear mylar cover.; Hardcover; Grand Central Publishing; NY; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 262 pages. read more
"The beauty of this series is that it is more than the mystery at hand. The background of the characters of Deborah, her husband Dwight, her 11 brothers and their wives and kids and especially her father, Kezzie Knott, former bootlegger. He is quite possibly my favorite character in the books. He is the patriarch and well respected in the county despite his background. He's intelligent and rather crafty and explains his thoughts, when he is willing to share, wonderfully. I would love to spend time with Kezzie Knott. This is another of my favorite series. Even after 14 forays into Colleton County, I admire each visit. Some series, (a lot of series) can get tired after so many books in, but not this one. Five southern beans...."
"A Judge Deborah Knott story. The area farmers are selling out to developers and McMansions are popping up all over. That makes some people happy and others angry. When a city council woman and then her daughter end up dead Deborah just has to know why. And the dirty secret she uncovers affects a lot of towns people."
"Maron is a pretty good writer, in terms of plotting and details, although I found the ending quite abrupt. Then again, the story wasn't so much about the murders, as about Maron's political views. I'd like to see something about the tension regarding social issues in the Yellow Dog Democrat family; I find it impossible to believe there isn't any with several of her relatives being evangelicals. On a related note, the county commissioners were shown as 5 - 2 Republican, Deborah states "even though judges are non-partisan now, everyone knows where candidates stand politically", and in a previous book the county Republican chair told her at her last election "You were fortunate this time (with no real opponent), but I assure you that won't happen again." One item that had me crying "What???" -- Deborah finishes her caseload a couple of hours early one day, telling the reader "I could've asked around to see if my colleagues needed help, but I called my brother, and left early ...." Sorry, but I used to work in a similar courtroom, and judges, as civil servants, can't just take off quite like that; they'd need to ask permission (of the head judge), with a good reason. I'll read the next one as I understand it takes place on a business trip, kind of like the old days when she was single, before she got her "instant family" setup."
"Not Maron's best work. Maybe she needs to take a break from this series and try something new. I've found that authors who marry off their interesting single female protagonists can end up writing themselves into a corner. They spent a bunch of time setting up the single woman who's trying to figure out her life, then injecting some romance and tension, and by the time she's married off, her life is stable and kinda boring. What was the point? one wonders."
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